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What problem happens when residents store chairs and plants on fire escapes?

It adds weight and blocks emergency use.

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  1. It adds weight and blocks emergency use ✔
  2. It makes the building look nicer
  3. It improves the fire escape's strength

Why: Items on a fire escape add weight and get in the way when people need to escape.

Huh, didn't know that: Items on a fire escape add weight and get in the way when people need to escape.

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Answer: It adds weight and blocks emergency use. Items on a fire escape add weight and get in the way when people need to escape.

  1. Fire escape en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_escape
    Some residents placed items on the fire escape (chairs, bicycles or plants), which added weight to the structure and impeded its use as an emergency escape.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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